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1.3 billion gallons of chemical waste headed for our waters
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Make that 40 billion gallons.
The most productive Salmon river in the world in full bloom devastated.
Mines and Salmon rivers don't mix.Redleader standing by -
15 million cubic meters (and counting) of toxic sludge into the Fraser River system.
And this mine operation is tiny compared to what is proposed for Pebble.
A vote for Pebble is a vote for this....he who knows nothing is nearer to truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods & errors. ~Thomas Jefferson
I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief. ~Gerry Spence
The last thing Alaska needs is another bigot. ~member Catch ItComment
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Billions of gallons of toxic waste held only by a dirt embankment, they should have seen this coming.Comment
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Anyone who doesn't see this coming has his/her head stuck somewhere dark.Originally posted by iyouktug View Post...he who knows nothing is nearer to truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods & errors. ~Thomas Jefferson
I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief. ~Gerry Spence
The last thing Alaska needs is another bigot. ~member Catch ItComment
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After a record king salmon year here in southeast and many of those fish coming from the Fraser; this makes me sick...Comment
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This seriously unfortunate event should erase any statement that mining (of this kind and scale) can coexist with wild salmon."The North wind is cold no matter what direction it's blowing"Comment
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Mind boggling that this mine was permitted to operate as such in such a pristine area...a high risk situation, combined with a low tech approach to containment. Shameful.Comment
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And why is there not any mine defenders on this thread?...:shot:Comment
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Because there is several million pinks and a few silvers in the river...
Oh and because little if any productive discussion occurs in this type of thread...Comment
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JFC!
GDITMMM!
Fuggin Canadians wanna do the same to Bristol Bay
Makes my insides hurt to see this type of human assault on the planet
JFC!"Let every angler who loves to fish think what it would mean to him to find the fish were gone." Zane Grey
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The KeenEye MDComment
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Wonder what the people that live around that area think about it. What would you think if this disaster was in your backyard, or in an area where you liked to go for hunting & fishing. But hey, the president of the mine says the water is fine for drinking, and won't harm fish. Pink salmon are not the lowest form of life, and shouldn't be treated as such.
Alaska really does not need these types of mines operating here.
And there are other threads besides this type that have little if any productiveness around here...Comment
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Bristol Bay Vs. Pebble can be put to rest...
No more what if's and promises and hypothetical situations - we now get to see the resluts when the unthinkable happens. Pebble/Northern Dynasty hired the same company in 2006 to design the Pebble tailings dam that built the Mount Polley tailings dam - one they said would never fail.
All of the questions about whether the salmon and their spawning/rearing habitat can coexist with a large scale mine that produces toxic tailings will be answered over the next 20-30 years.
My heart goes out to those who live on/near the Fraser; your lives have been changed. Like the Valdez spill of 89 - Imperial Metals will litigate away their true responsibility of this disaster.
To all of those who made a living off the sustainable fisheries and the pristine vacation areas in/on the Fraser River systems - I wish you luck in the enormous battle you have ahead with Imperial Metals.
Definitely a sad sad situation...When all else fails...ask your old-man.
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And Parnell just appointed the former Pebble Mine spokesman as the state fishery adviser. Parnell has lost my vote and any confidence I had in him.Comment
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